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This is a great cranberry sauce recipe. Impress the ladies with this one and you will be the most loved guy at the table.

If you’ve never made your own cranberry sauce, start with this one. Unlike most cranberry sauces which are boiled, this one is baked. Easy cranberry sauce is flavored with Grand Marnier and orange juice. If you do not have Grand Marnier or don’t want to use liquor, simply substitute an equal amount of orange juice concentrate. May be made up to a week in advance.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hours,
Ingredients:
1 package (12 ounces) fresh cranberries
1-1/4 cups sugar
2 Tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
2 Tablespoons Grand Marnier®
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 325 F.

Spread cranberries in an even layer in an 8 x 8 x 2-inch glass baking dish. Sprinkle with sugar and orange juice concentrate. Stir to combine, then even out in the dish. Cover with a lid or foil so it is airtight.

Bake about 1 hour, until cranberries are very soft and juicy. Remove from oven. Uncover and stir in Grand Marnier®. Let cool to room temperature, then refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.

May be made up to 1 week in advance and stored in the refrigerator.

Yield: about 2 cups

We have been on a tear, we are 10-2 this week, and also 9-2 on FREE PICKS!!

11/06/2008 DENVER CLEVELAND OVER Won
11/06/2008 TCU UTAH UTAH Won
11/05/2008 BULLS CAVALIERS UNDER Loss
11/05/2008 NORTHERN ILLINOIS BALL STATE BALL STATE Won
11/04/2008 SUNS NETS UNDER Won
11/04/2008 MIAMI REDHAWKS BUFFALO BULLS BUFFALO Won
11/03/2008 STEELERS REDSKINS UNDER Won
11/03/2008 MAGIC BULLS MAGIC Loss
11/02/2008 HOUSTON MINNESOTA OVER Won
11/02/2008 PHILADELPHIA SEATTLE EAGLES Won
11/02/2008 NY JETS BUFFALO JETS Won
11/02/2008 MINNESOTA OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER Won

10/31/2008 CHICAGO BOSTON BOSTON Won
10/30/2008 NEW ORLEANS PHOENIX UNDER Loss
10/30/2008 SOUTH FLORIDA CINCINNATI CINCINNATI/UNDER Won
10/29/2008 BUCKS THUNDER UNDER Won
10/29/2008 HAWKS MAGIC MAGIC Loss
10/28/2008 CAVALIERS CELTICS CAVS Won
10/28/2008 MARSHALL HOUSTON MARSHALL Won
10/27/2008 COLTS TITANS UNDER Loss

16-5 OUR LAST 21 PICKS.

10/25/2008 BAYLOR NEBRASKA NEBRASKA Loss
10/25/2008 PENN STATE OHIO STATE PENN STATE Won
10/25/2008 WYOMING TCU TCU Won
10/25/2008 TEXAS TECH KANSAS TEXAS TECH Won
10/25/2008 USC ARIZONA ARIZONA Won
10/25/2008 GEORGIA LSU GEORGIA Won
10/24/2008 BOISE STATE SAN JOSE STATE BOISE STATE Won
10/24/2008 WASHINGTON CLEVELAND CLEVELAND Won
10/23/2008 AUBURN WEST VIRGINIA UNDER Loss
10/22/2008 PORTLAND LA CLIPPERS PORTLAND Won
10/21/2008 OHIO UNIVERSITY TEMPLE UNDER Won
10/21/2008 OHIO UNIVERSITY TEMPLE OHIO U Loss
10/20/2008 BRONCOS PATRIOTS UNDER Won
10/19/2008 PITTSBURGH CINCINNATI PITTSBURGH Won
10/19/2008 NEW ORLEANS CAROLINA NEW ORLEANS Loss
10/19/2008 SAN DIEGO BUFFALO UNDER Won
10/19/2008 SAN DIEGO BUFFALO BUFFALO Won
10/18/2008 NAVY PITTSBURGH NAVY Loss
10/18/2008 MICHIGAN STATE OHIO STATE MICHIGAN STATE Loss
10/18/2008 NORTH CAROLINA VIRGINIA VIRGINIA Won
10/18/2008 TOLEDO NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNDER Won
10/18/2008 PENN STATE MICHIGAN PENN STATE Won

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THE ATS LOCKS TEAM

When we got up Saturday morning did we think we could win 50 units for the weekend for the loyal subscribers of Ats Locks? Yes, yes and HELL YES. We had our pencils sharpened, our thinking caps on and all our contacts in place to make sure we provided the right side/totals to our clients. We will admit that when it was halftime of most of the Sat games we were sweating. We made a call to our guy Gus, in East Lansing and asked him what he was smoking all week while he touted the Spartans as 3 pt dogs as the upset winner. Man, was he pissed at us after that call. He did calm down, called us later and swore up and down his info was correct, but things happen. We forgave him, after all it was not a 15 or 20 unit play. Now after that call, our man we call the pope, called and told us that the Pitt team is for real and to make sure we play them the rest of the way out. We’ll see on that. We were glad the North Carolina defense went to a prevent defense with under 2 minutes to play. Because you know what happens when you play the prevent, it prevents you from, oh you know the rest. The Cavaliers scored to make it 10-10 and well, you all know the rest. The Northern Illinois/Toledo was another game where our Dekalb contact, (KNOWN AS EB) had the wisdom that the Huskies would not run it up because Coach Kill was not there last season when the Rockets put up 70 on Northern. Well he was right, they had a 4th and 8 late in the 4th and decided against the chip shot field goal up 38-7, so we thank you coach Kill. That leaves the PSU/MICH game to rehash. We felt and had info that the Lions were not looking past Michigan but down 17-7 early we wondered if we were bamboozled by sweet talking J-Man, our east coast contact. We sent a text to make sure he knew we were watching and the response came back as this and we quote, “MICHIGAN WILL NOT SCORE IN THE SECOND HALF”. And yes it was in all caps!! He was right, but we thank god the freshman wanted that late td cause Joe Pa almost killed us kicking that late 3 instead of punching it in on 4th and 1 from the 4 with 4 min to play.

Sundays card played out like we thought, the Saints spoiled a perfect day after injuries killed them, but the rest of the card produced 20 units of profit and the 15 unit totals play won again. We do have a funny story from Sunday though. We had a funny game day email from “Big T” in Chicago about the Vikings/Bears game. He was at his favorite watering hole Friday and ran into 3 Bears players who shall remain nameless. The guys were yapping about how they were going to eat up Frerotte, shut down Peterson and how the scheme that was put in this week would make it a classic bears defensive game from days gone by. Geez, us over players better hope they keep this “scheme” in for the rest of the year.

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As most teams are settling into their expected or unexpected routine for this season we are ready to unleash some larger unit selection plays in both the NFL AND CFB starting today. We have seen teams patterns, both S/U & ATS and we have uncovered some gems in this weeks card and are ready to pounce on the winners. Starting tonight with the USF/PITT Big East matchup, Fridays BYU/UTAH STATE GAME and heading into Saturday with another huge MISMATCH in the Mac Conference, ATS LOCKS will bring home the winners. As anticipated by our clients we also have our 15 UNIT TOTALS play back on Sunday along with 3 other larger unit plays for Sunday. Watch us as we “BREAK YOUR BOOK” starting Tonight!! If you’re not a member yet, join ATS today and let us deliver you BETTOR INFORMATION, BETTOR PROFITS!!

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